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Originally Posted by KSig RC
Athletes may not receive cash value equal to what they earn for their teams (then again, obviously neither do Pro athletes, or the teams would be bankrupt), they certainly do get compensated - free tuition, room, board, books, stipend, plus additional benefits not available to student body at large.
Now, whether athletes take advantage of these things (or are put in the best situation to do so) is a different conversation - but when the value of a college degree over the course of a lifetime is estimated to be worth six figures or more ... well, we've reached your compensation figure from the last article already.
Football and basketball players at major programs are earning TONS of money for their schools, and likely not getting commensurate compensation, but it's irresponsible and stupid to claim they're getting "nothing" in return.
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Exxxxxxxactamundo.
Add to that the networks and resources that student-athletes gain from excited students and alum. Having attended and been employed at universities that take athletics very seriously, I have grown to be very annoyed with the average student athlete in terms of academic performance and the ability to use resources wisely. Many student-athletes make the average college student seem like more than a lazy C student. I was pleased by the relatively few student-athletes over the years who weren't pretending they were going to the pros, and weren't pretending that people will give a shit that they played for (insert team) for the rest of their life, and therefore used this tuition-free education to prepare for graduate school or occupations.